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On another site there's been a spirited discussion on this after a booker said that they wouldn't book an act that didn't have a Facebook page because it didn't show any sort of commitment to trying to sell themselves or help the promoter to sell them.

This obviously escalated into a discussion about all types of social media and websites with a very clear consensus (and most of the contributors were either artists or bookers) that if you wanted to be taken seriously you had to have as many outlets as possible.

Anyone here got any thoughts? What do you have for your bands?

Steve

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[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1393533356' post='2381672']
Very funny! lol

Ironically our website is down tonight, as we are having some upgrades to it! Should be back up tomorrow ;)
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how much is a website nowadays? ...and what's involved in getting one as I've no clue but we'll probably need one at some point...

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It's the easiest and one of the most effective ways for new bands to promote themselves, and with my band we pretty much use it exclusively to book gigs. We even have venues and promoters contact us through it and have gained many bookings that way. For me, it is an absolute necessity.

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[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1393534268' post='2381689']


how much is a website nowadays? ...and what's involved in getting one as I've no clue but we'll probably need one at some point...
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Didn't cost us much at all, we bought the web address and our keyboard players mate designed it as he owed our keys a favour and our keys is maintaining it.

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[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1393535628' post='2381713']
Didn't cost us much at all, we bought the web address and our keyboard players mate designed it as he owed our keys a favour and our keys is maintaining it.
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then I shall see if any of the guys know any webdesigner types ;) cheers :)

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[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1393534268' post='2381689']


how much is a website nowadays? ...and what's involved in getting one as I've no clue but we'll probably need one at some point...
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It is worth checking with your ISP to see if you get some free webspace. I know I do and I use it for a few things, keep meaning to put a website together for my wife's floristry and crafts.
Depending on how complicated you want the site to be it doesn't have to be difficult to learn how to do it yourself. The easiest way to get started is to find a free template site. I used to do all mine in pure HTML but can't really get away with that anymore, unfortunately. There are tons of tutorial sites out there. The more patience you have the less it'll cost you.

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[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1393536367' post='2381731']

It is worth checking with your ISP to see if you get some free webspace. I know I do and I use it for a few things, keep meaning to put a website together for my wife's floristry and crafts.
Depending on how complicated you want the site to be it doesn't have to be difficult to learn how to do it yourself. The easiest way to get started is to find a free template site. I used to do all mine in pure HTML but can't really get away with that anymore, unfortunately. There are tons of tutorial sites out there. The more patience you have the less it'll cost you.
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oo might be a goer there, will check mate :)

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You should be on line where your fans and potential fans are.

Facebook is free and any moron can set up a page so unless you are a covers band with a full diary of fantastically good paying gigs for the next 12 months you'd be stupid not to have one.

The Terrortones have Facebook, a YouTube Channel, ReverbNation, Twitter, Instagram, Soundcloud as well as our own website at www.dickvenom.com

Total cost approximately £10 a year for the domain name and the free web space and email addresses that come with it.

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[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1393536367' post='2381731']Depending on how complicated you want the site to be it doesn't have to be difficult to learn how to do it yourself.[/quote]

Don't do that. You'll throw the kitchen sink at it, and it will be a total disaster. Worse than no website at all.

Also people expect to get a decent website experience on mobile now, so you either need to know quite a lot about the web and how to make a design work responsively or you need to do the work twice.

You wouldn't make your band's amps, don't make your band's website.

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Good debate! As a social media specialist I may be biassed, but I do believe in bands having a presence where their existing or potential fans are.
Before hitting the social media, a website goes without saying if you want to sell the band properly without having to post something new every 48 hours or so.
Everybody and their mother is on FB, so that's a good place to start your move into the social networks. Twitter, youtube, instagram, soundcloud etc. can follow if appropriate. It is important, however, to put a little effort in keeping your accounts constantly updated with a stream of posts of various kinds (I do that for a living), while at the same time making sure to avoid spamming or annoying your audience with too much irrelevant info.

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If you want to go places, you need a good pair of shoes. Only a fool refuses to wear shoes because everyone else does, or refuses a free pair of good shoes because they're made by a big company who likes to know how you use them.

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I think it is such an easy trick you'd be stupid not to have and use one.
Bookers need a quick reference at times and if they can do FB, Website or youtube
then it saves so much time and effort.

I think they earn so much money and come into their own when a friend of a friend
points them our way and they haven't seen us. We point them to these sites and
tell them that that is what we do and that is what they will get.

A lot of people can blag gigs, for sure, but we would rather back up any rhetoric
with an audilo or video link. People want to know you are worth what you are asking
and I wouldn't book any band 'blind'

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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1393532512' post='2381647']
Nothing whatsoever, it's on my 'list of things to do at some point'.

[b]We've been together for about 7 years and always get plenty of work[/b] so we don't really see it as that important tbh.
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But for new bands that haven't yet established sufficient contacts and/or following, the social media side may be far more important.




[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1393534268' post='2381689']
how much is a website nowadays? ...and what's involved in getting one as I've no clue but we'll probably need one at some point...
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I would think that any reasonably intelligent person should be able to read a few how-to pages, and create a passable website. In the worst case, you could have a single page with text and graphics made in a word processor, and just uploaded to some free web space. Here's a BBC page on it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/building-websites

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